

Lynghammar, Arve
Associate Professor
Job description
Research and education
- di Prisco, Guido; Ademollo, Nicoletta; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Coppola, Daniela; Corsolini, Simonetta; Ferrando, Sara; Ghigliotti, Laura; Giordano, Daniela; Lynghammar, Arve; Nielsen, Julius; Pisano, Eva; Russo, Roberta; Steffensen, John Fleng; Verde, Cinzia. Physiological traits of the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus obtained during the TUNU-Expeditions to Northeast Greenland. Cambridge University Press 2020 ISBN 978-1-108-72420-3.s 11 - 41.
- Nielsen, Julius; Hedeholm, Rasmus B.; Lynghammar, Arve; McClusky, Leon Mendel; Berland, Bjørn; Steffensen, John Fleng; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou. Assessing the reproductive biology of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). PLOS ONE 2020; Volum 15 (10). ISSN 1932-6203.s 1 - 22.s doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238986.
- Lynghammar, Arve; Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Bugjerde, Berit Margrete; Wienerroither, Rupert. Approaching the Arctic: the occurrence of Parin’s spinyfin Diretmichthys parini (Beryciformes: Diretmidae) in the Nordic Seas. (fulltekst) Fauna Norvegica 2020; Volum 40. ISSN 1502-4873.s 43 - 46.s doi: 10.5324/fn.v40i0.3351.
- Andrews, Adam; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Bhat, Shripathi; Lynghammar, Arve; Westgaard, Jon-Ivar; Pampoulie, Christophe; Præbel, Kim. Boreal marine fauna from the Barents sea disperse to Arctic Northeast Greenland. (fulltekst) Scientific Reports 2019; Volum 9. ISSN 2045-2322.s doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42097-x.
- Karamushko, Oleg V.; Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Lynghammar, Arve. First record of juvenile northern wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus Krøyer, 1845) on the continental slope of Northeast Greenland. Journal of Ichthyology 2017; Volum 57 (4). ISSN 0032-9452.s 633 - 638.s doi: 10.1134/S0032945217040051.
- Lynghammar, Arve; Præbel, Kim; Bhat, Shripathi; Fevolden, Svein-Erik; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou. Widespread physical mixing of starry ray from differentiated populations and life histories in the North Atlantic. (fulltekst) Marine Ecology Progress Series 2016; Volum 562. ISSN 0171-8630.s 123 - 134.s doi: 10.3354/meps11958.
- Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Bonsdorff, Erik; Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Fevolden, Svein-Erik; Karamushko, Oleg V.; Lynghammar, Arve; Mecklenburg, Catherine W.; Møller, Peter Rask; Nielsen, Julius; Nordström, Marie C.; Præbel, Kim; Wienerroither, Rupert. Novel biodiversity baselines outpace models of fish distribution in Arctic waters. Die Naturwissenschaften 2016; Volum 103:8 (8). ISSN 0028-1042.s doi: 10.1007/s00114-016-1332-9.
- Gubili, Chrysoula; Macleod, Kirsty; Perry, William; Hanel, Pia; Batzakas, Ioannis; Farrell, Edward; Lynghammar, Arve; Mancusi, Cecilia; Mariani, Stefano; Menezes, Gui Manuel Machado; Neat, Francis; Scarcella, Guiseppe; Griffiths, Andrew M.. Connectivity in the deep: Phylogeography of the velvet belly lanternshark. (fulltekst) Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 2016; Volum 115. ISSN 0967-0637.s 233 - 239.s doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2016.07.002.
- Byrkjedal, Ingvar; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Karamushko, Oleg V.; Langhelle, Gunnar; Lynghammar, Arve. Arctic skate Amblyraja hyperborea preys on remarkably large glacial eelpouts Lycodes frigidus. Journal of Fish Biology 2015; Volum 86 (1). ISSN 0022-1112.s 360 - 364.s doi: 10.1111/jfb.12554.
- Lynghammar, Arve; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Griffiths, Andrew M.; Fevolden, Svein-Erik; Hop, Haakon; Bakken, Torkild. DNA barcoding of the northern Northeast Atlantic skates (Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes), with remarks on the widely distributed starry ray. Zoologica Scripta 2014; Volum 43 (5). ISSN 0300-3256.s 485 - 495.s doi: 10.1111/zsc.12064.
- Ball, Rachel; Jones, C.S.; Lynghammar, Arve; Noble, L.R.; Griffiths, Andrew M.. The first confirmed cases of full albinism in rajid species. Journal of Fish Biology 2013; Volum 82 (4). ISSN 0022-1112.s 1433 - 1440.s doi: 10.1111/jfb.12072.
- Lynghammar, Arve; Christiansen, Jørgen Schou; Mecklenburg, Catherine W.; Karamushko, Oleg V.; Møller, Peter R.; Gallucci, Vincent F.. Species richness and distribution of chondrichthyan fishes in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Biodiversity 2012; Volum 14 (1). ISSN 1488-8386.s 57 - 66.s doi: 10.1080/14888386.2012.706198.
- Lynghammar, Arve; Vollen, Tone. Ny nordgrense for kamtannhai Hexanchus griseus, med oppsummering av funn i Norge frem til i dag. Fauna 2011; Volum 64 (2-4). ISSN 0014-8881.s 96 - 99.
- Griffiths, Andrew M.; Sims, David W.; Johnson, Andrew; Lynghammar, Arve; McHugh, Matthew; Bakken, Torkild; Genner, Martin J.. Levels of connectivity between longnose skate (Dipturus oxyrinchus) in the Mediterranean Sea and the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. Conservation Genetics 2011; Volum 12 (2). ISSN 1566-0621.s 577 - 582.s doi: 10.1007/s10592-010-0127-3.
- Griffiths, Andrew M.; Sims, David W.; Cotterell, Stephen P.; El Nagar, Aliya; Ellis, Jim R.; Lynghammar, Arve; McHugh, Matthew; Neat, Francis C.; Pade, Nicolas G.; Queiroz, Nuno; Serra-Pereira, Barbara; Rapp, Toby; Wearmouth, Victoria J.; Genner, Martin J.. Molecular markers reveal spatially segregated cryptic species in a critically endangered fish, the common skate (Dipturus batis). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences 2010; Volum 277 (1687). ISSN 0962-8452.s 1497 - 1503.s doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2111.
Research interests
Fish taxonomy, systematics, ecology and population genetics. Skates (Rajidae) is of main interest, but also Arctic fishes in general. I am more interested in fish species others does not care about.
Subject editor fish systematics in the journal Marine Biology Research 2019–2024
Member of IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group 2021–2025
Teaching
FSK-2050 Bacheloroppgave for fiskeri- og havbruk (course responsible 2022 – )
BIO-2506 Introduction to Fish Biology (course responsible 2019 – )
FSK-1120 Akvatisk biologi for fiskeri- og havbruksvitenskap – partly responsible and responsible for the fish Spring 2019
BIO-2506 Marine Biodiversity – fish lectures Spring 2019, 2020, 2021 (incl. lab)
Occasionally contributing in BIO-2010 Marine Ecology, BIO-1104 Zoology, BIO-3015 Arctic system ecology and climate change
Member of research group
CV
2018 – Associate Professor at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science
2015 – 2018 Coordinator, researcher and lecturer at UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2010 – 2014 PhD from UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2007 – 2010 Master's degree in Evolutionary Biology and Systematics/taxonomy in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2004 – 2007 Bachelor degree in ecology, ethology and evolution at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology